Love's Strange Ways *COMPLETED*

Chapter 17

That evening, the four of them were having a stroll along a sandy beach in Goa.

As Jo spotted an ice cream vendor, she turns to the others with a grin. "Ice cream! I'm gonna get one! Do you guys want?"

Abhay raised his eyebrow at Jo, trying to suppress a laugh. This girl and her craving for ice cream!

"Sure," Vishal agreed before turning to Shreya who didn't seem to have heard Jo as she was lost in her thoughts. "Would you like to have an ice cream too, Shreya?"

Before Vishal could even finish asking his question, Jo interrupted him. "Let's get ice creams for all of us! Shreya, if you don't want an ice cream, I'll help you! I won't mind having double!"

Vishal laughed. "Come; let's go get the ice creams together."

"Nah, I can go and get the ice creams for all of us in a jiffy!"

As Jo skipped away, Vishal watched her, amused. He glanced at Abhay and Shreya who seemed to have decided to wait for Jo to get the ice creams.

"I'll go help her get the ice creams. I doubt she'll be able to manage four melting ice creams in her hands."

Abhay frowned a bit as Vishal left to join Jo.

Shreya just stared out at the sea in silence. It's obvious already. I'm losing him. And he doesn't seem to feel like he ever loved his darling. That means he never loved her. So when he knows the truth that I'm his darling, I will surely lose him forever.

As Shreya walked along the beach while the waves lapped around her feet, Abhay joined her and walked by her side in silence.

"I don't know why but I'm starting to feel like I've lost Jo." Shreya turned to face Abhay upon hearing his gloomy voice.

"I don't know about that but I've lost Vi for sure."

"Do you think they might end up together?"

"I don't know."

"They said they're gonna get ice creams. But they just stopped a metre away from the ice cream vendor and they're talking."

"Yeah."

"You seem like you've already given up on him."

"Yea, I have actually."

"Why? You know you love him then don't lose hope, he will realize your love someday."

"Someday, maybe. I've been waiting for that someday for days, months and almost a year now. And before we left Bangalore, I thought he might realize my love over this trip. But now, I've lost all hope. He hasn't realized it yet and I think he never will."

"We are practically in the same state. I'm starting to feel like I've lost Jo and you feel like you've lost Vishal."

"I think I was always meant to lose him. Lost him once because I ran away from my wedding just to know if I could trust him and his reason to marry me. Lost him the second time because I was just a wrong number. And this will be the third time. I deserve it. But you don't deserve to lose Jo."

"Hey, chill." Abhay placed his arm around Shreya's shoulder, intending to make her feel better.

However, the two of them felt awkward and pulled away from each other as Shreya said, "No worries, I'm okay."

Shreya and Abhay shared a smile before they continued walking together along the shoreline, in silence. They could understand each other; they were friends and nothing more than friends.